Should Hillary Hang It Up?

People started lining up 7 hours prior to hear a great local band, after the band was done they stuck around for Obama's speech because the weather was simply too good to pass up. The whole thing wasn't even a political rally, it was a free concert!!!

p.s. I'm curious, when is McCain going to start piggybacking on great local bands?

I know, it's a joke the way the media reports these things. Like earlier in February when Tom Petty rocked a concert for over a billion worldwide viewers and all anyone wanted to report about was some football game.

That's basically my point. A local band isn't going to get much of a mention nationally.


I thought your point was that The Decemeberists could not help draw 75,000 people because you had never heard of them and you are pretty up to date on music.

I know, it's a joke the way the media reports these things. Like earlier in February when Tom Petty rocked a concert for over a billion worldwide viewers and all anyone wanted to report about was some football game.

Classic :)

The Decemberists are pretty big in the west coast indie scene... I like their song, "Los Angeles, I'm Yours." It would have been pretty funny if they performed that one before Obama's speech. Not sure how the lines "Oh ladies pleasant and demure, Sallow-cheeked and sure... I can see your undies" would have played out.

I thought your point was that The Decemeberists could not help draw 75,000 people because you had never heard of them and you are pretty up to date on music.

I said this:

I guess they're not exactly a household name so maybe that's why some papers didn't report it? I mean if it was Springsteen or someone like that I'm sure that would have been news.

Last I heard Clinton will wind up w/ more popular votes than Obama, which means a lot of people will be scratching their head when he is the nominee. Basically, he is the guy unless he implodes i.e. scandal, insanity, spontaneous combustion... but Clinton will have more legitimacy than him. I think there will be a lot of pressure on Obama to pick her as VP because she will have won the popular vote even though she may not be the best choice.

Also, i think Obama should have put an apostrophe in his name (not f'ing around here). Lots of immigrants have done this to "Americanize" their names and it actually works.

O ' b a m a. Now he's like a black irishman or something. I wonder if the two of my employees who believe he is Muslim and not an American citizen might have thought twice about their assumptions if they'd seen O'bama four years ago instead of Obama. Just a thought.

I know you wouldn't want to be taken out of context:


I'm sure that 75,000 people weren't there just to see The Decemberists. I'm pretty up to date with music and I have no idea who they even are. Their last album peaked at #35 on the Billboard 200, I guess they're not exactly a household name so maybe that's why some papers didn't report it? I mean if it was Springsteen or someone like that I'm sure that would have been news.

Last I heard Clinton will wind up w/ more popular votes than Obama, which means a lot of people will be scratching their head when he is the nominee. Basically, he is the guy unless he implodes i.e. scandal, insanity, spontaneous combustion... but Clinton will have more legitimacy than him. I think there will be a lot of pressure on Obama to pick her as VP because she will have won the popular vote even though she may not be the best choice.

That's if you include Michigan and Florida. Unlike Hillary, Obama didn't campaign in either of those states. The counts I've seen so far which exclude MI and FL show that Obama has a 500k vote lead.

I know you wouldn't want to be taken out of context:

I'm aware of what my full post said the second part was my primary point... never mind.